on 8/12/05 3:50 AM, TurquoiseB at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Robert Gimbel" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> --I heard that Maharishi stopped coming to the United States, >> because he felt it had become too dangerous here, and he didn't >> want to be sacrificed in that way.(as he has done the martyer >> thing in a past time, been there, done that); >> In those days, the Pope had been shot, as well as Reagan.. and >> the mood of the country had changed. >> He just felt that the U.S. had become too violent and >> fundementalist, and dangerous, which is quite true. > > With all due respect, this has been said by pretty > much every spiritual charlatan in history running > from the law. And their followers believed it when > they said it, too. > > It's misdirection, and an obvious appeal to the > elitism of the students -- "Ooooh...they're trying > to kill our teacher...we must be *really* special > to be able to be with such a teacher."
Interesting to note that Amma received three death threats from TM folks the first time she came here, but wasn't intimidated. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
